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Exercises
Most chapters in Connections have one or more exercises that are designed to help teach the skills--not only technical, but also rhetorical--which have been developed in the chapter. We've reproduced those exercises here on the Web site for easy access. Several of these exercises have been enhanced by the hypertextual nature of the Web which allows us to link up relevant sites and resources. These Web-enhanced exercises appear in bold with an asterisk (*) in front of them. We have also included links to Additional Exercises from the Instructors' Manual.

Additional Exercises from Chapter One

Chapter Two Exercise 2.1: Discussing the Implications of Language
Exercise 2.2: Appealing to an Audience
Exercise 2.3: Considering Audience, Speaker, and Message

Additional Exercise: Bantering Semantics
Additional Exercise: Rhetorical Analysis of Internet Resources
Additional Exercise: Advertisements and the Rhetorical Triangle

Chapter Three

Exercise 3.1: Determining Arguable Positions

Additional Exercise: Finding Common Ground

Chapter Four

Exercise 4.1: Composing with a Purpose
Exercise 4.2: Argument and Information

Chapter Five

Chapter Seven

* Exercise 7.1: Browsing Internet Directories
* Exercise 7.2: Narrowing a Keyword Search
Exercise 7.3: Bookmarking and Saving Resources

Chapter Eight

* Exercise 8.1: Analyzing a Newsgroup
* Exercise 8.2: Critically Reading Newsgroup Messages
* Exercise 8.3: Analyzing a Thread in a Newsgroup

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Exercise 11.1: Describing a MU* Character
Exercise 11.2: Role Playing

Chapter Thirteen

* Exercise 13.1: Critically Evaluating a Newsgroup
* Exercise 13.2: Composing an Appropriate Post

Chapter Fourteen

Exercise 14.1: Exploring Collaboration on the Web

Chapter Sixteen

Exercise 16.1: Constructing an "Academic" MU* Space

Additional Exercise: Making a Mind Map for a MU* Site

Chapter Seventeen

* Exercise 17.1: Creating and Linking Pages

Chapter Eighteen

* Exercise 18.1: Revising the Layout of Your Personal Page

Chapter Nineteen

* Exercise 19.1: Evaluating a Web Site